Functional ligands for improving anticancer drug therapy: current status and applications to drug delivery systems

R Bajracharya, JG Song, BR Patil, SH Lee, HM Noh… - Drug Delivery, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Conventional chemotherapy lacking target selectivity often leads to severe side effects,
limiting the effectiveness of chemotherapy. Therefore, drug delivery systems ensuring both …

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of intranasal solid lipid nanoparticles and nanostructured lipid carriers for nose-to-brain delivery

TTL Nguyen, HJ Maeng - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nose-to-brain drug delivery has been of great interest for the treatment of many central
nervous system (CNS) diseases and psychiatric disorders over past decades. Several …

[HTML][HTML] From oncolytic peptides to oncolytic polymers: A new paradigm for oncotherapy

H Liu, W Shen, W Liu, Z Yang, D Yin, C Xiao - Bioactive Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Traditional cancer therapy methods, especially those directed against specific intracellular
targets or signaling pathways, are not powerful enough to overcome tumor heterogeneity …

Challenges of peptide and protein drug delivery by oral route: Current strategies to improve the bioavailability

S Verma, UK Goand, A Husain… - Drug development …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Advancement in biotechnology provided a notable expansion of peptide and protein
therapeutics, used as antigens, vaccines, hormones. It has a prodigious potential to treat a …

Emerging role of nanocrystals in pharmaceutical applications: A review of regulatory aspects and drug development process

PS Chary, S Shaikh, V Bhavana, N Rajana… - Applied Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
A significant majority of the 20 approved nanoformulations consist predominantly of
nanocrystals (NCs). NCs are nanosized drug moieties comprising 100% of the drug with …

Understanding the translocation mechanism of PLGA nanoparticles across round window membrane into the inner ear: a guideline for inner ear drug delivery based …

L Zhang, Y Xu, W Cao, S Xie, L Wen… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background The round window membrane (RWM) functions as the primary biological barrier
for therapeutic agents in the inner ear via local application. Previous studies on inner ear …

[HTML][HTML] Advancements and challenges in peptide-based cancer vaccination: a multidisciplinary perspective

D Liu, L Liu, X Li, S Wang, G Wu, X Che - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
With the continuous advancements in tumor immunotherapy, researchers are actively
exploring new treatment methods. Peptide therapeutic cancer vaccines have garnered …

Clearance systems in the brain, from structure to function

J Liu, Y Guo, C Zhang, Y Zeng, Y Luo… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As the most metabolically active organ in the body, there is a recognized need for pathways
that remove waste proteins and neurotoxins from the brain. Previous research has indicated …

Nanoparticles in CNS therapeutics: pioneering drug delivery advancements

U Nayak, P Halagali, K N. Panchal… - Current …, 2025 - benthamdirect.com
Introduction The incidence of Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders, including
Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and malignancies, has risen significantly …

Adenosine A2A receptor activation enhances blood–tumor barrier permeability in a rodent glioma model

A Vézina, M Manglani, DA Morris, B Foster… - Molecular Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
The blood–tumor barrier (BTB) limits the entry of effective chemotherapeutic agents into the
brain for treatment of malignant tumors like glioblastoma. Poor drug entry across the BTB …